May 11, 2010: w/ live music from BIG TROUBLES
Big Troubles is the shoe-gazin' duo of Alex Craig and Ian Drennen from Ridgewood NJ. Live, they're joined by Sam Franklin (Fluffy Lumbers) and Luka Usmani, bringing thunderous drums and a wall of guitar noise to further electrify Big Troubles' whirling, reverb-drenched jangle-pop. Their debut 7'' on Blackburn Recordings is nearly sold out, but a new 7'' and a full-length LP are on the way from Olde English Spelling Bee.

Listener comments!

Tue. 5/11/10 9:17am
jason:
live music from Ridgewood NJ's shoegaze group Big Troubles, comin up a little after the top of the hour

Tue. 5/11/10 9:30am
Parq:
Ridgewood NJ? What an unlikely town for a band to be from, especially one like this. I picture them in somebody's back yard on a warm day in June, with all the neighbors complaining.

Tue. 5/11/10 11:27am
Carmichael:
Granted I'm on the other side of the land mass and also nowhere near trendy LA, I can't see what the hollerin's about with the Pixies. They're good and all, but it seems lots of people view them as deities.

Tue. 5/11/10 11:28am
dc pat:
I think what did it for me was actually seeing them in 89 or so. Black Francis was just nuts, face red, veins bulging. They were tiny on Love and Rockets stage but made a way bigger sound.

Tue. 5/11/10 11:33am
Parq:
Carm, I'm completely from the US, and I agree with you. Seen 'em, have what's supposed to be their best album, just can't find anything to get worked up about. But that DJ set was a knockout.